Turning Point

9 alert men turned out in the morning gloom and moist air on the 79th anniversary of one of the landmark battles in American history, the battle of Midway. In the midst of the exercise there was an ongoing discussion of the battle.

Warm Up:

44 SSH IC, 15 ‘muricans, Don Quixotes, DMH, flutter kicks

Mosey to the rockpile and retrieve the rock of your choice.

While 2 PAX run to the top of SH the remainder does Overhead press, curls for the girls, squats and skull crushers 10 at a time, rinse and repeat. Some of the trips up the hill took longer than others and the rocks got a lot of use.

Second round repeat but the run was only 1/2 way up to head off a mutiny in the ranks.

Next round was suicide runs up and down SH in commemoration of the 15 of 15 planes and of Torpedo Squadron 8 from the USS Hornet that were shot down without a single hit on the Japanese fleet and 29 of 30 men who died in the attack. One of the most heroic actions in American history which served as a distraction for the Japanese pilots who decimated them but missed the dive bombers that swooped down at that moment and in 6 minutes destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers.

We finished up with a horseshoe workout of 10 ‘muricans, 20 LBCs and 30 squats and run from rock pile to the bottom of the hill as we recalled Admiral Halsey’s comment that he was happy to share the Pacific with the Japanese navy saying we’ll take the top and they can have the bottom.

Circle up and review, count-o-rama, name-o-rama, a hearty welcome back to Beaker who did quite well for coming in off an extended time on the bench, good show!

Good work today men, with minimal complaining! None of us will ever stop an enemy navy in its tracks, but each of us has the opportunity today to halt the expansion of our real enemy. Will today be our turning point, our Midway, when we say no to those websites we know we shouldn’t be on, when we stop flirting with the woman at work, when we get honest with ourselves, our wives and our God about where we really are? Or will today be another day of bowing to our sinful masters and giving up ground? This is what the 2nd and 3rd Fs are all about.